Sports memorabilia rack
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tabletop display solutions for sports memorabilia lack an efficient and aesthetically pleasing way to vertically align and securely attach figurines to a pedestal structure, compromising stability and visual appeal.
Innovation Solution
A sports memorabilia rack comprising a pedestal structure and a plurality of connecting structures, where each connecting structure is a threaded connection that aligns sport figurines vertically and securely attaches them to the pedestal, ensuring stability and easy detachment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If existing tabletop display solutions are used, then figurines can be displayed, but vertical alignment and secure attachment are compromised, reducing stability and visual appeal
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is divided into separate modular components: a pedestal base, individual connecting structures with threaded mechanisms, and figurine elements. Each component can be independently manufactured and assembled, allowing for stable vertical alignment while maintaining simplicity in the overall attachment mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
A connecting structure acts as an intermediary component between the pedestal and the figurines. This intermediate element provides the threaded attachment mechanism that securely fastens figurines to the pedestal, ensuring stability without requiring direct complex integration between the pedestal and figurine bases.
2Shape
If threaded connecting structures are used to align figurines vertically, then visual appeal and alignment are improved, but attachment and detachment operations become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting structure is designed as a universal component that performs multiple functions: it provides vertical alignment through its geometric configuration, enables secure attachment via threaded engagement, and allows for easy detachment by simply unscrewing. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate alignment and attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The threaded connecting structure is designed to be self-aligning and self-securing. When a figurine is placed on the pedestal, the connecting structure automatically guides vertical alignment through its geometry and secures the attachment through simple rotational engagement, requiring minimal user intervention for both attachment and detachment operations.
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AI summary
The sports memorabilia rack is a display rack. The sports memorabilia rack incorporates a pedestal structure, a plurality of sport figurines and a plurality of connecting structures. Each connecting structure selected from the plurality of connecting structures forms an attachment that either: a) attaching an initial sport figurine selected from the plurality of sport figurines to a subsequent sport figurine selected from the plurality of sport figurines; and, b) attaching a sport figurine selected from the plurality of sport figurines to the pedestal structure. The plurality of connecting structures align the plurality of sport figurines along a vertically oriented axis. The pedestal structure is a load bearing structure. The pedestal structure forms the final link of the load path that transfers the load of the sports memorabilia rack to a supporting surface.